MVCC Libraries: Find Primary and Secondary Sources: Finding Primary Sources in Online Databases

Keywords

When searching in a journal database that does not provide you with the option to select "primary source documents," use the following keywords in combination with your subject:

autobiography	letters
correspondence	memoir
diary	oral history
documentary history	report
interviews	speeches

Finding Primary Sources in Online Databases

AAS Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
AAS is the most comprehensive set of periodicals in the world published between 1691 and 1877. Primary source documents - including letters, speeches, conferences, proclamations, voting extracts, and more.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
In terms of premium content, peer-reviewed sources and business related journals, Business Source Complete offers comprehensive full-text coverage plus indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, dating back as far as 1886.
Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL) is a collection of reference books that are searchable together or title by title. Subjects covered include, but are not limited to history, philosophy, religion, science, business, information & publishing, literature, law, medicine, education, technology, careers, and biography. For a list of titles currently available, click on Title List at top right of screen.
Military and Government This link opens in a new window
Designed to offer current news through a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government.
This collection provides full text for hundreds journals and periodicals. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for hundreds of journals.
Newsbank: America's Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics and government,local companies and people. Includes the Utica Observer Dispatch.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.
U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Provides a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information.
World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
World History in Context is a comprehensive online collection that uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based dynamic content that supports today’s history research requirements.